This is an analysis of the poem Song In The Night that begins with:

I
Born from the shadow of a breath ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcde fcgc hagfX ahgg iegXX ceXf cijk glXjX jhhc mhcda chfg hhbna lnha afeXX ecbfehX gaac cahiX lbkk ffgmg chhj chfg ghhca nge dknX CaoC CohCXCmdC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,4,5,4,5,4,5,7,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,3,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011001 11000100 11100010 110100100111010 11010011 111011 11101100010 0111001 110100011010 01101101 010100110 11011101 1 110101010101 111011101110 11010110 0111100101 1111110 100111011 0111101 111110101100 1 111111 11011001 111001100 0110111 01110111 01011010 1001011 101101000 1011001011 1101111010 1111110 11101011 1 1101111 1110110 1111100010 11101111 1101011 111110 1011011 11101001 1 11111 10111 111001 11101 111 01101 11101101 110011 1 11110011 110110001 1010100110 1101001 101000101 101011 11111 1010100110 1 11101001 1011001 1010011 1101010 101111 01011 1 0100101010 1010111001 11100101 11001 10101011 11110101 1110111 1010110 1 11111011100 1010101001 1010010100100100 111110 1111000100 01110010011 011101011 11111 1 11011 1110101010 111101010 10101111 11011 1110101010 1010011010 1100111001 110111010111 110110110 11110100 010001011 1 11111011 11011001010 1111011 11101010 11011010010 11010100011 1 110111 01110101 011101 110111 110111 0100111101 0100111110 110111 110111 11000011 11001001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; before, our, and, my, you, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, the, and, o, my, a, you are repeated.

    The author used the same words o, my, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, midnight are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word midnight at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Song In The Night;
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